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Trump asks House Republicans if he should fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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House lawmakers have agreed with President Donald Trump that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should be fired, but the president indicated he is not moving to oust Powell right now.Trump asked a group of House Republicans during a meeting if he should remove Powell from his position, the president confirmed Wednesday at the White House. "I talked about the concept of firing him and I said, ‘what do you think’? Almost every one of them said I should," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "But, I'm more conservative than they are."Trump has repeatedly threatened to fire Powell, who he app...

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